Legal Opinion
Black v. Long Term Disability Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 18, 2009No. 07-3550PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
For many years Elizabeth Black served as executive director of Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. (“MWF”), the organization that operates Summerfest, an annual 11-day music festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As a benefit of her employment with MWF, Black received long-term disability insurance coverage under an insurance plan (“the Plan”) that is underwritten and administered by Standard Insurance Company. In August 2003, Black informed MWF’s president that she was disabled and could no longer work due to multiple aortic aneurysms and high blood pressure. She applied for…
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